Genesis 18:10
Then one said, “I promise you that I will come back to visit you about this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son.” Sarah was listening, hiding just inside the entrance to the tent behind him.
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In Context
9“Where is your wife Sarah?” they asked him. “Over there, inside the tent,” he replied.
11Abraham and Sarah were old, getting on in years. Sarah was well past the age of having children.
Cross References
Genesis 17:16I will bless her and I promise to give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will become the mother of nations, and kings will be among her descendants.”
Genesis 17:21But it's with Isaac that I will keep my agreement, the son Sarah will give birth to about this time next year.”
Genesis 21:2She became pregnant and had a son for Abraham when he was old, at the exact time God said she would.
Judges 13:3The Angel of the Lord appeared to her and told her, “It's true that you couldn't conceive, and have no children, but now you're going to become pregnant and give birth to a son.
Luke 1:13But the angel told him, “Don't be afraid, Zechariah. Your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call him John.
Galatians 4:23However, the son from the servant girl was born following a human plan, while the son from the free woman was born as the result of the promise.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 18:10-16
9 And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. 10 And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent-door, which was behind him. 11 Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. 12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? 13 And the Lord… Read the whole commentary →